Health Data Breach Tracker/CA

Health Plan · Archived

Kaiser Foundation Health Plan (Kaiser Permanente)

515 individuals · submitted November 7, 2019

About this report

Kaiser Permanente (KP), the covered entity (CE), reported that an employee sent the protected health information (PHI) of 515 individuals to the wrong recipients. The PHI involved included names, and health insurance information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In response to this breach incident, KP implemented additional administrative safeguards to prevent future incidents of this nature.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan (Kaiser Permanente)
State
CA
Entity type
Health Plan
Individuals affected
515
Submission date
November 7, 2019
Breach type
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
Location of information
Paper/Films
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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